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N. PETERS. PHOTO-UTHDGRAFHEH. WASHINGTON, DV C.

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Letters'Patent No, 6l,fii72, dated January 22,1867. I

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TO ALL .WHOM IT' MAY CON CERN :f

Be it' known that I, AMOS WES'LCO'lT` of the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Method of Adjusting rlables, vVats, Chur-ns, or othel` structures, b y attaching` thereto an adjustable leg or legs; and l do vhereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and`to the letters of reference marked thereon.A i i l To enable othersfskillellin the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. i

i A, Figure l, in the accompanying drawings, represents an open vat or box, with legs, a a11d'^l`;,-attached to one end in any convenient way. Brepresents av plate, of any convenient form, secured 'rmly to the otherflendvr of 'the vat or box, with a projecting. plate, C, made at right angles with the `plate B,` \to which '-is' attached the leg D.v They projecting plate C stands vertically, and is firmly attached to the plate D, or cast as a part of the 'same piece, and is provided with a centre spur or pivot, c, which passes through a slot, e, in the upper portion of the leg, to vguide the leg and hold it to this plate. This plate is also provided with other smaller pivots, f, "g, 11,1', liuc., forpurpos/es to be hereafter described. The leg D has its upper portion made of'metal, and lower por tion' of wood. The upper part is llattened so as to rest fir-nily against the plate C, and thelower part provided withy a socket to receive tlieivooden portion oflthe leg. The extreme upper end is forked atff in a'inannerto.v receive the spursf, 51,72, Ste. There is an elongated hole or slot, e, through the centre of the flattened portion, its Width corresponding with the diameter oi; the centre pivot c. The 'leg is'held against the plate B byva pin passing through the centre pivot c, and pressing against the Washer d with suicien't firmness to hold it securely to th'e plate, but still teadmit of free motion of the leg up or down, or to turn about it as a cent-re. o is a handle or lmobto raise the end of the vanto which it is attached. n is a spur on thev plate C, 'set' nearer ,the `centre pivot c than the spursf, g, h, id', and so close tothe centre' that the` forkedfend of the leg cannot pass ivhen the leg is carried at right angles with the` end ofthe bon. m' is a pivot to stop the leg in the right position to have the fork ff embrace the pinf when the box is raised above a horizontal position.

Having now described iu construction the several parts, I lwill proceed to describe their operation in attaining the end sought.` It is evident that when the several parts above described are placed with respect to each other as represented in the out, the end ofthe vat E would be held or supported firmly by the leg D; the leg being prevented from any'lateral motion by the. plate and washer d.' It is at thesame time secured against moving toward or from the-box byv thetwo pivots c'landf, the latter being held firmly in the fork ff at the upper'end of the leg by the weight of the'box.A Blit when the Vend of the box is raised by taking hold of the handle o, the Weight'of the legis sulioicnt to carry the leg down sothat it hangs' upon the. pivot, resting upion'the upper end` of the slot e, and at the same -time disengages it from its connection with the pivotj'. 'll-he ,leg may now be moved so as to ,stand at any desirable angle with the end of" the box, andv can be` fastened' in such a position by pushing the leg upward so that the notch ff may embrace either of the corresponding pivot, and this isfefe'cted bysimply letting the Weight of the box rest upon the leg. When respective parts stand in the position represented in the drawings, the box is supposed to stand horizontally, but if the fork ff is changed so as to einbrace the pivot g, the lower end of the leg will be moved in the direction of the arrows g to r;. mean- While the end ofthe box will be lowered so that the .point v Will stand `at w. If the forkedl end of the leg is moved *tothe other pivots respectively, the. position of the box will be indicated by the dotted line's. This device is-applicable to all structures where it is desirable to raise or lower and firmly tix one end or'side.

As to cheese vats, c'hurnS, butter workers, Sto., what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The nlethod above described of constructing, attaching, and rendering adjustable the leg D, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth. i

'Witnesses WM. R. BALLARD, Jr., S. M. NASH.

AMOS WESTICOTT. 

